Beginning of December we had a lot of divers here on the beautiful island of Velidhu. We could do a lot of dives with them and did 2 times the early morning trip to Rasdhoo Madivaru. We have to leave at 6 am because the boat trip takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. Our early-morning-birds Continue reading
Do you remember that we encountered a whale shark on 28th September 2017 while diving in Rasdhoo Madivaru? In fact, whale sharks can be identified by the spots between the fins on their side and their mouth. We sent pictures from our whale shark to the “Maldivian Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP)” and the whale Continue reading
On 7th July a gardener from the island found an injured turtle on the beach. The poor animal only had 1 fin left and lost the others. Due to this he could not swim away from the shallow water on the beach. The gardener informed the staff from Euro-Divers Velidhu in order that somebody could help Continue reading
In June we had the big pleasure to dive with Pascale and Christophe ;-). Both of them are very good divers who dived with us the house reef around Velidhu, Maaya Thila and also Gangehi North. They were very lucky and could admire grey reef sharks and a leopard shark at close range 🙂 To Continue reading
Greetings from sunny Velidhu Island Resort. There are 3 important words we think you should know when enjoying your dives in the Maldives. Thila A Thila is an underwater mountain with a top reef between 5 – 15 meters. Depending if the Thila is situated in a channel or in the middle of the atoll, Continue reading
February was quite busy here at Euro-Divers Velidhu as we had a lot of divers and on top we got a visit from the diving group “Seetuefel” (devils of the lake) from Switzerland. They were 11 divers and wanted to enjoy with us the underwater world of the Maldives. Despite of quite strong wind and Continue reading
Meet PawPaw and Anita While diving on Maavaru Manta Point we got 2 very good pictures of 2 Mantas. We sent these pictures to Manta Trust in order to have their help for the indentification of the Mantas and we got some quite interesting information back: PawPaw (MV-MA-0977): She was rather active over in Baa Continue reading
Christmas in Velidhu Santa Claus was bringing to all the guests the traditional ginger bread and had in the same time the occasion to felicitate Rob who finished his Rescue Diver Course at Christmas and Annette who got certified Open Water Diver the same day ! In the evening we were spoiled with a very Continue reading
This November, our loyal repeater Markus came again to Velidhu Maldives for 1 month and did his time 60 dives with us…we spent some really good time with him. See you again soon Markus! The last few dives we did in Gangehi North we were lucky to meet a leopard shark. He is not very Continue reading
Lagoon cleaning On 19th October 2016 we organized a lagoon cleaning here in Velidhu. We had a lot of divers willing to help get some garbage out of the lagoon and also some snorkelers. All together did a very good job and got a lot of garbage out of the lagoon. It was hard work Continue reading
August has been a quite month with plenty of time to do some equipment maintenance: we serviced our regulators. Maintenance of the regulators is a very important as it is directly responsible for the security of our divers. The weather was unfortunately not so nice during the second half of August but we had some Continue reading
Fullday-Trip Fish Head, Bathala Thila and Hafza Thila We had a very nice fullday-trip to Fish Head, Bathala Thila and Hafza Thila. The dives on this trip were all very nice….and one of our divers was almost kissed by an eagle ray in Bathala Thila….you all can imagine how excited she was after the dive. Continue reading
What a big surprise: While diving on Hafza Thila from Velidhu Maldives; which is normally known for sharks (grey reef sharks and white tip sharks) we had a visit from a school of dolphins. We don’t have to explain you the excitement and the big smiles of our divers when they came back on the boat! Continue reading
Nidhan Miyaru Park: We discovered a new dive site around Velidhu Island: we do this dive with the sunset….when we jump we are surrounded by about 20 nurse sharks and some stingrays. After 20 minutes with these magnificent animals we continue our dive along the reef as a normal night dive. The name of the Continue reading
On the way to our first dive, we saw a turtle, which was entangled in a net. The captain drove near the turtle and our instructors jumped into the water to get the turtle to the boat. Once on the boat, they cutted off the net to free the turtle. The animal was very quiet Continue reading
For Easter-Sunday at Euro-Divers Velidhu Maldives, we planned a full day-trip with the first dive at Fish Head, the 3rd dive on Hafza Thila and a very special dive site for the 2nd dive: Mode’s surprise. Nobody knows the North Ari Atoll like our instructor Mode. So he chose the 2nd dive site straight away Continue reading
Wow, wow, wow!!! At the end of on our dive on Beyru we saw a Whaleshark. Whalesharks are very rare in the North Ari Atoll and you can imagine the excitement of our guests! This magic moment will stay for a long time in their minds! Safety We did rescue training with our boat crews Continue reading
The month of May 2016 will be a special month for repeater guests at Euro-Divers Maldives – Velidhu Island Resort! The choice of dive sites is entirely yours and we will take you to the dive sites of your choice! During the month of May 2016 our repeater guests are the ones who can choose their favourite dive sites and we Continue reading
In defiance of the capricious weather during the month of September, the diving team still enjoyed a lot of beautiful dives with our guests. At the same time we had the opportunity to let our guests discover the underwater world of the Maldives with DSD’s (Discover Scuba Diving). The underwater world now welcomes a few more Continue reading
Since beginning of August, the new scuba diving team of Euro-Divers at Velidhu Island Resort is operational. Andrea, Mode, Cornelia, Stéphane, Jamey and Isse are ready to make you discover the underwater world with cool diving courses and memorable excursions. We reorganized the dive center (new counter in the office, arrangement in the guest equipment Continue reading
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Recommendations from the EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR HYPERBARIC MEDICINE are given for both recreational and professional diving after the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
